From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 14:59:33 BST
MSH writes:
> I wouldn't mind swinging this thread back toward the MOQ. Anthony's
> original post (seems like forever ago) was made because he had just
> heard a Chomsky lecture and thought he caught the aroma of the
> Metaphysics of Quality in the man's thinking.
>
> I think so too. Here's a Chomsky quote about freedom, from an
> interview conducted in May 1995 by Kevin Doyle. It sounds kinda
> MOQish to me:
>
> "I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of
> authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to
> challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they
> are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of
> human freedom. That includes political power, ownership and
> management, relations among men and women, parents and children, our
> control over the fate of future generations (the basic moral
> imperative behind the environmental movement, in my view), and much
> else. Naturally this means a challenge to the huge institutions of
> coercion and control: the state, the unaccountable private tyrannies
> that control most of the domestic and international economy,
> and so on."
>
> Thoughts? Comments? Or, rather, thoughtful comments?
Glad to see Chomsky's eloquent justification for invading Iraq.
Platt
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